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How Do You Classify Cave Animals?
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One of the most interesting ways to group or classify cave animals is by separating them by how much time they spend in caves and how much they have physically adapted. Through this separation or classification cave animals can be separated into four groups:

Accidentals

Trogloxenes

Troglophiles

Troglobites

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What Plants Live in Caves?
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